| NUTRITION SUPPORT GUIDELINES FOR THE PICU PATIENT
The purpose of this website is the following:
- To provide guidelines for the initiation of appropriate nutritional
support for pediatric patients in the PICU in a timely manner.
- To provide guidelines for the provision of an appropriate amount
of nutrition given the patient's critical illness and underlying
nutritional status aimed at minimizing the catabolic response
and improving nutritional status, as appropriate to the patient's
condition.
| Nutrition support of the critically ill, post-trauma or
post-operative patient continues to develop as a clinical science
in light of advances in nutrition, pharmacology and technology.
Given the wide diversity in pediatric critical care states,
we are challenged to accurately assess the nutritional requirements
of our patients and the best mode of nutrition support to optimize
their recovery and their nutritional and medical outcomes. |
Given the complexity of nutritional support in the critically ill
child, this website has been organized according to the different
categories based on the focus of the nutrition intervention.
For additional information and consultation requests, contact
PICU Nutritionist Ana Abad-Sinden, MS, RD, CNSD at (434) 924-2348
or e-mail her at ara6t@virginia.edu.
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